on liability - Amusement Park Negligence - At a parish festival, a little girl had her middle finger severed (later reattached) when a carnival ride went out of control

Jefferson

On 6-2-00, the parish festival was taking place at the St. Athanasius Catholic Church, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville. A vendor that provided rides at the festival was C&C Enterprises. One of its amusements was the Flying Comet. In fact, C&C had just acquired the Flying Comet for this event.

Against this backdrop, Courtney Lewis, then age 9, visited the festival...